Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz continued preparations for the upcoming Arab Summit, which is due to be held in Riyadh later this month. He issued invitations to Bahrain’s King Hamad Al-Khalifa, Libyan President Muammar Qaddafi and President Ismail Omar Jilah of Djibouti.

Also today, King Abdullah received a message from Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, delivered during an audience at Al-Yamamah Palace in Riyadh by Egyptian intelligence chief, Omar Sulaiman. The King received a message from United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon as well.